From March 1 to March 10, 2013, I traveled to Costa Rica with my YCP Chemistry and Society class to conduct a field study of climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation. We traveled to Costa... More > Rica because Costa Rica is a ideal natural laboratory for the study of climate change and sustainability. We began our study at Arenal Volcano, then made our way to the cloud forest of Monteverde, and ended at the dry forest of Montezuma.< Less